Day of Absence - Production & Contact Info

Day of Absence (1971)
TV Movie | 60 min | Drama

Day of Absence (1971)

TV Movie | 60 min | Drama

Douglas Turner Ward's play about what happens in a small Southern town when the white people awake to find all the black people missing. The Negro Ensemble Company portray all the townspeople in white face.

Director

Paul Bogart

Writer

Douglas Turner Ward

Producers

Jacqueline Babbin | Douglas Turner Ward

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Updated Dec 30, 1971

Release date

Dec 30, 1971 (United States)

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Norman Bush Industrialist Industrialist See fewer	Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Rosalind Cash Third Operator Third Operator See fewer	The Omega Man (1971)
David Downing Businessman Businessman See fewer	The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
Lonne Elder III Clem Clem See fewer	A Woman Called Moses (1978)
Judyann Elder May (as Judyann Jonsson) May (as Judyann Jonsson) See fewer	Seven Pounds (2008)
Frances Foster Aide Aide See fewer	Clockers (1995)
Arthur French Luke Luke See fewer	Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Moses Gunn Pious Pious See fewer	Shaft (1971)
Robert Hooks John John See fewer	Trouble Man (1972)
William Jay Clan Clan See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Denise Nicholas Second Operator Second Operator See fewer	Let's Do It Again (1975)
Esther Rolle Clubwoman Clubwoman See fewer	Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Clarice Taylor Supervisor Supervisor See fewer	Play Misty for Me (1971)
Douglas Turner Ward Mayor Henry R.E. Lee Mayor Henry R.E. Lee See fewer	Man and Boy (1971)
Hattie Winston First Operator First Operator See fewer	Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)